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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE USE OF ELECTRONIC TRAFFIC MONITORING FOR VEHICLE OBSTRUCTIONS SYSTEM."
+description: "Delaware’s Motor Vehicle Statutes contemplate for vehicle obstructing traffic enforcement by law enforcement agencies. It is not always possible for law enforcement officers to enforce the right-of-way regulations in areas effectively due to a number of considerations, including officer availability and safety. This bill would enable the state and municipal authorities to enforce right-of-way regulations in identified areas more effectively. This bill only imposes civil penalties for violations and does not impose points on an individual’s driver’s license."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "151"
+identifier: "HB 490"
+citation: "Delaware HB 490 (151)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Daniel B. Short", "Ernesto B. Lopez", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 9
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2022-06-13"
+last_action: "2022-10-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c8cd2418-db3f-40ec-a095-04e460e5ccff"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=129687"
+source_hash: "f60e318aff82710799adbad65a3329dde29223b17fa99f33767f5298cf45bde6"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
+---
+
+# Delaware HB 490 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE USE OF ELECTRONIC TRAFFIC MONITORING FOR VEHICLE OBSTRUCTIONS SYSTEM.
+
+Delaware’s Motor Vehicle Statutes contemplate for vehicle obstructing traffic enforcement by law enforcement agencies. It is not always possible for law enforcement officers to enforce the right-of-way regulations in areas effectively due to a number of considerations, including officer availability and safety. This bill would enable the state and municipal authorities to enforce right-of-way regulations in identified areas more effectively. This bill only imposes civil penalties for violations and does not impose points on an individual’s driver’s license.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=129687&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB490)
+2. **HA 1 to HB 490** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=129799&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
+- SM — **18–3** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
+- Ernesto B. Lopez — primary (person)
+- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
+- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
+- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
+- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
+- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
+- John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
+- Sherae'a Moore — cosponsor (person)
+- Stephen Smyk — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-06-13** Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2022-06-16** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 3 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2022-06-21** Amendment HA 1 to HB 490 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
+- **2022-06-21** Amendment HA 1 to HB 490 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
+- **2022-06-21** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2022-06-21** Assigned to Transportation Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2022-06-28** Reported Out of Committee (Transportation) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 NO `passage`
+- **2022-10-21** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c8cd2418-db3f-40ec-a095-04e460e5ccff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
+